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The United States on March 17, 1881

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President

Garfield

James Abram Garfield R · since Mar 4, 1881

Senate

28 D · 21 R

50 senators · 47th Congress

House

1 R

1 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 1 D

8 justices by appointing party

Union

38 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$2.1B

as of Jul 1, 1880

1881-03-17/executiveThe administration

President James Abram Garfield R

since Mar 4, 1881

Vice President Chester Alan Arthur R

Attorney General Wayne MacVeagh D

since Mar 5, 1881

Postmaster General Thomas Lemuel James R

since Mar 5, 1881

Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln R

since Mar 5, 1881

Secretary of State James G. Blaine R

since Mar 7, 1881

Secretary of the Treasury William Windom R

since Mar 8, 1881

Secretary of the Interior Samuel J. Kirkwood R

since Mar 8, 1881

1881-03-17/congress47th Congress

Senate · 28 D · 21 R · 1 I

House · 1 R

1881-03-17/supreme-courtThe bench

Nathan Clifford D

Associate Justice · appointed by James Buchanan · since Jan 12, 1858

Samuel Freeman Miller R

Associate Justice · appointed by Abraham Lincoln · since Jul 16, 1862

Stephen Johnson Field R

Associate Justice · appointed by Abraham Lincoln · since Mar 10, 1863

Joseph P. Bradley R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ulysses Grant · since Mar 21, 1870

Ward Hunt R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ulysses Grant · since Dec 11, 1872

Morrison Remick Waite R

Chief Justice · appointed by Ulysses Grant · since Jan 21, 1874

John Marshall Harlan R

Associate Justice · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes · since Nov 29, 1877

William Burnham Woods R

Associate Justice · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes · since Dec 21, 1880

1881-03-17/weekWithin a week · Mar 10, 1881 – Mar 24, 1881

Ruling Louisiana v. New Orleans

Mar 14, 1881 · 103 U.S. 521

Ruling Stout v. Lye

Mar 14, 1881 · 103 U.S. 66

Ruling Wall v. County of Monroe

Mar 14, 1881 · 103 U.S. 74

Ruling Insurance Company v. Kiger

Mar 14, 1881 · 103 U.S. 352

Ruling Seven Hickory v. Ellery

Mar 14, 1881 · 103 U.S. 423

Ruling Insurance Company v. Nelson

Mar 14, 1881 · 103 U.S. 544

Ruling Vietor v. Arthur

Mar 14, 1881 · 104 U.S. 498

Ruling Farlow v. Kelley

Mar 14, 1881 · 131 U.S. cci

Ruling Louisiana ex rel. Folsom v. City of New Orleans

Mar 14, 1881 · 131 U.S. cci

Ruling Dennick v. Railroad Company

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 11

Ruling National Bank v. Whitney

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 99

Ruling Sharp v. Stamping Company

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 250

Ruling Bondurant v. Watson

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 278

Ruling Bondurant v. Watson

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 281

Ruling Bonham v. Needles

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 648

Ruling Yates v. National Home

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 674

Ruling Arthur v. Jacoby

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 677

Ruling Railroad Company v. United States

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 703

Ruling District of Columbia v. Cluss

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 705

Ruling Humphrey v. Baker

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 736

Ruling Grinnell v. Railroad Company

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 739

Ruling Hinckley v. Morton

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 764

Ruling National Bank v. Insurance Company

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 783

Ruling Cook v. Lillo

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 792

Ruling Ex parte Railway Company

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 794

Ruling The Steamboat Sabine v. The Steamboat Richmond

Mar 21, 1881 · 103 U.S. 542

Ruling Seward v. Comeau

Mar 21, 1881 · 154 U.S. 665

Ruling Bacon v. International Bank of Chicago

Mar 21, 1881 · 131 U.S. ccxvi

Each office is shown as it stood at the end of the day. Cabinet records come from Wikidata and have gaps for some historical offices.